Medicines: Young shoots and stems mixed with shrimp, kalo leaves (taro, Colocasia esculenta), and kukui nut flesh (Aleurites moluccana), and served in poi as treatment for naoa‘ono‘ole (loss of appetite). Used in childbirth in conjunction with kikawaio (Christella cyatheoides) and kalo leaves (Chun 1994:28–29).